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Growing Up Poems | Examples of Growing Up Poetry

Growing Up Poems. Below are examples of growing up poems. This list of poems about growing up is made of PoetrySoup member poems. PoetrySoup is a great resource for examples of growing up poems or list of growing up poetry. These examples illustrate what growing up poems looks like and its form. There is also a link (below) to the definition where you can discuss growing up poems.

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List of Growing Up Poems

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories	Date Posted
	A stifled cry	Brake, Alexis	Free verse	anti bullying,baby,birth,	04/18/2014
	SEXES DANCING	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	growing up,happiness,	04/18/2014
	Thirteen	Thornton, C. L.	Dramatic Verse (Verse Drama)	growing up,	04/17/2014
	The Emerald Doorway	Brescia, Lydia	Imagism	childhood,growing up,natu	04/16/2014
	Music	Cardozo , Xinrae	Rhyme	care,cry,goodbye,growing	04/14/2014
	Little Wishes	Nance, Casarah	Rhyme	growing up,mother daughte	04/09/2014
	Growing Up	Thornton, C. L.	Light Poetry	growing up,	04/08/2014
	Small Town	Vanderbilt, Char	Lyric	growing up,	04/08/2014
	Wild Strawberries	Thornton, C. L.	Free verse	growing up,	04/07/2014
	Teacher	Sutton, Patrick	Ode	age,childhood,dedication,	04/07/2014
	Somewhere I Grew Up	Neogi, Joyeeta	Grook	growing up,	04/04/2014
	secured	Forke, Tom	Free verse	growing up,longing,societ	04/03/2014
	pieces	Forke, Tom	Free verse	boyfriend,girlfriend,grow	04/03/2014
	I will protect my king	ramirez, kathryn	I do not know?	conflict,dark,emotions,gr	04/03/2014
	Wolves Smell Naivety	Carter, Rob	Rhyme	growing up,	04/02/2014
	Soul on fire	Romani, Sarai	Rhyme	growing up,love,son,	03/28/2014
	hiding inside an old gutted-out tree trunk	RINALDI, RUDOLPH	Blank verse	future,growing up,life,tr	03/28/2014
	His Nameless Horse	Thornton, C. L.	Narrative	childhood,growing up,	03/27/2014
	Confessional Tale from the Mouth of a Sinner	Chos, Derek	Lyric	addiction,growing up,leav	03/26/2014
	Hurts Next Spring	COPLAND, ANN	Free verse	garden,growing up,march,s	03/25/2014
	Lets have a toast	Meyer, Christopher	Ballad	corruption,fear,growing u	03/22/2014
	Old Boy	MacEachern, William	Bio	childhood,conflict,growin	03/20/2014
	Remembering Dad	tackett, Shannon	Rhyme	childhood,dad,death,emoti	03/19/2014
	seasons	ramirez, kathryn	Rhyme	conflict,deep,growing up,	03/18/2014
	Council girl waster	Jones, Maxine	Light Poetry	childhood,children,cultur	03/17/2014
	TEDDY ON THE STREET	guillermo, olive eloisa	Verse	children,growing up,image	03/17/2014
	red lotus	Victor, Henry	Free verse	change,character,future,g	03/16/2014
	Flow of Thoughts	Smalls, Noble	Free verse	emotions,growing up,poetr	03/16/2014
	Bath time on a Friday	Duggan, Peter	Ballade	angst,funny,growing up,hu	03/15/2014
	LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT	guillermo, olive eloisa	Verse	feelings,growing up,image	03/15/2014
	New Dawn	Pen, John	Free verse	africa,black african amer	03/14/2014
	Youth	Pickard, William	Rhyme	career,childhood,children	03/13/2014
	Aging	Pickard, William	Rhyme	absence,childhood,grandch	03/13/2014
	Life is what you make it	Barclay, Bernard	Rhyme	encouraging,growing up,	03/10/2014
	The Right Thing to Do	Candler, Robert	Rhyme	angst,boyfriend,child,chi	03/08/2014
	Went Fishin'	Candler, Robert	Rhyme	adventure,april,crazy,fis	03/07/2014
	NEW YORKS tar beach	rams, louis	Rhyme	growing up,	03/06/2014
	Coming of Age in Centerville with Baseball and Girls	Flach, Joe	Rhyme	baseball,growing up,nosta	03/06/2014
	Choices	Dicketts, Douglas	Light Poetry	growing up,high school,te	03/05/2014
	Daughter	Wegman, Michael	Rhyme	baby,beautiful,daughter,f	03/03/2014
	the harrowing world	Foreman, Andrew	Classicism	car,culture,growing up,li	03/02/2014
	Death of an Innocent	Chos, Derek	Lyric	growing up,innocence,self	03/02/2014
	Dewberry Cobbler	Guzzi, Debbie	Haibun	growing up,	02/28/2014
	Midlife	Carter, Rob	Free verse	growing up,growth,identit	02/28/2014
	Live and Let Die Exercise	Harper, Sheri Fresonke	Free verse	anger,betrayal,flying,gro	02/28/2014
	You Walked Away	Green, Sue k	Free verse	devotion,feelings,friends	02/26/2014
	Ashtray	Keir, Dan	Verse	analogy,death,environment	02/26/2014
	Sin's of an Absent Father	Samuel, Brandon	ABC	absence,growing up,sad,	02/24/2014
	Grow up	Chawla, Gaurav	Rhyme	growing up,	02/24/2014
	Goodbye for now	King, Thomas	Rhyme	child,devotion,emotions,f	02/23/2014
	DOWN HOME SOUL FOOD	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	adventure,growing up,	02/22/2014
	Eyes not your own	Murdock, Kaleigh	Free verse	growing up,	02/21/2014
	It feels so awful today	aqua, south	Carpe Diem	blue,care,farewell,forgiv	02/21/2014
	Many Struggle With Their Sexual Identity	Pemberton, Jim	Rhyme	bible,change,culture,emot	02/20/2014
	Bullied Soul	watson, mark	Free verse	anti bullying,bullying,fe	02/20/2014
	My Live Doll	Fode, Rosann	Free verse	child,fear,growing up,mot	02/19/2014
	My Mister	Fode, Rosann	Free verse	analogy,fear,growing up,m	02/19/2014
	A Slow Pitch	Fode, Rosann	Free verse	baseball,change,children,	02/18/2014
	Isabella	Duggan, Peter	Ballade	beauty,future,growing up,	02/17/2014
	Awaken	Plaster J.R., Pauly	Ballad	change,creation,december,	02/16/2014
	Thats Life	Costigan, Lisa	Dramatic Verse (Verse Drama)	emotions,friendship,growi	02/16/2014
	Conversations With Myself Part 3	Brown, Stacy	Free verse	age,change,deep,emotions,	02/14/2014
	Conversations With Myself Part 2	Brown, Stacy	Free verse	addiction,change,growing	02/14/2014
	Conversations With Myself Part 1	Brown, Stacy	Free verse	change,emotions,growing u	02/14/2014
	Double Vision	Lyle, Robert Andrew	Rhyme	age,growing up,life,retir	02/13/2014
	Good old days	Lyle, Robert Andrew	Free verse	childhood,family,growing	02/13/2014
	One Last Time	Rose, Lilia	Free verse	freedom,future,growing up	02/10/2014
	Message for My Mother	Rose, Lilia	Free verse	family,growing up,leaving	02/10/2014
	To my Loving Children	Hembree, John	Blank verse	absence,child,dedication,	02/10/2014
	Where Have All The Babies Gone	De Torres, AiyaH	Blank verse	baby,growing up,	02/10/2014
	The Old Homeplace	karry, will	Free verse	childhood,culture,growing	02/06/2014
	Grow	Picard, Brianna	Sonnet	dad,growing up,love,	02/06/2014
	Red Rubber Boots	Asbury, Sherry	Rhyme	growing up,nostalgia,	02/04/2014
	Bio in Short	Candler, Robert	Haiku	adventure,age,celebration	02/03/2014
	A Golf lesson	Candler, Robert	Rhyme	character,childhood,dad,d	02/03/2014
	Growing Pains	Ellison, Jack	Narrative	growing up,	02/01/2014
	the measure	fire, Angel	Free verse	growing up,introspection,	01/31/2014
	The Sooner Recruit	Candler, Robert	Rhyme	celebrity,character,child	01/31/2014
	A Mother's Quote	Hubbard, Trish	Free verse	for her,growing up,heart,	01/30/2014
	All That's Sure Is the Season	Candler, Robert	Rhyme	adventure,age,angst,autum	01/30/2014
	Do You Remember	Candler, Robert	Rhyme	boyfriend,care,cute love,	01/28/2014
	A FUTURE WIFE	Jolo, Neldy	Bio	bridal shower,creation,de	01/27/2014
	Instauration	J., Jonathan	Ode	abuse,growing up,life,met	01/26/2014
	Alone in the Wild	walsh, peter	Rhyme	growing up,how i feel,	01/25/2014
	To myself	Gangabissoon, Anoucheka	Quatrain	growing up,happy,life,lon	01/25/2014
	Eyes closed tight	Lyle, Robert Andrew	Free verse	childhood,freedom,growing	01/25/2014
	With This New Day	Harris, Ryan	Ballad	absence,betrayal,change,c	01/24/2014
	Autumn	Bresee, Jeff	Prose	age,autumn,growing up,nat	01/23/2014
	You Left	Bindha, Atisha	Bio	father,father daughter,fe	01/22/2014
	Mom Knew	Ellison, Jack	Narrative	growing up,	01/21/2014
	My Body	Ebehardt, Lisa	I do not know?	beauty,blue,body,dedicati	01/20/2014
	my own	Diaz, Harika	Light Poetry	dream,england,first love,	01/18/2014
	Silver Spoons	Rich, Ann	Sonnet	creation,deep,future,grow	01/15/2014
	Still	Price, Kira	Ballad	deep,drink,growing up,gro	01/12/2014
	I'll only write the truth	Duggan, Peter	Ballade	angst,feelings,grief,grow	01/11/2014
	Dark Nights	Jones, April	I do not know?	abuse,betrayal,boyfriend,	01/11/2014
	with my head in the clouds	RINALDI, RUDOLPH	Blank verse	death,growing up,life,wis	01/10/2014
	Light upon the Path	Reslink, Amanda	Tanka	age,change,courage,growin	01/07/2014
	January	koo, heeun	Ode	change,growing up,new yea	01/07/2014
	We Must	Brody, Thomas	Lyric	emo,feelings,growing up,h	01/06/2014